Reposted by Publishing at StirlingDennis Duncan @djbduncan.bsky.social · 10/01/2025My lovely editor at Penguin knows I’m fascinated by “dummies”. These are the completely blank mock-ups that publishers make to see how a book will look and feel if they make it in such-and-such a format or on a certain type of paper. She just sent me these fine specimens. 4527
Publishing at Stirling @stirlingpublishing.bsky.social · 01/01/2025A Happy New Year to all our students and alumni! We hope you’ll have a wonderful, rewarding, and successful 2025! 011
Reposted by Publishing at StirlingAvert Your Eyes, Pamela Ganache! @pressfuturist.bsky.social · 17/12/2024This opening post doesn’t convey the characteristic thoughtfulness of the rest, but it’s the start, so I’ll share it with the recommendation that if our @stirlingpublishing.bsky.social students want to follow a writer who always thinks incisively about publishing, @harkaway.bsky.social is that man. 111
Reposted by Publishing at StirlingDr Chiara Bullen @chiarab.bsky.social · 06/12/2024I am excited to share that my research on the morality clause and behaviour beyond the text is now available with Cambridge University Press! It is open access for the next four weeks, read/download here: www.cambridge.org/core/element...cambridge.orgBehaviour Beyond the Text and the Morality Clause in Twenty-First-Century PublishingCambridge Core - Printing and Publishing History - Behaviour Beyond the Text and the Morality Clause in Twenty-First-Century Publishing 32614
Reposted by Publishing at StirlingAvert Your Eyes, Pamela Ganache! @pressfuturist.bsky.social · 05/12/2024Last week a survey demonstrated that UK children's books were becoming less diverse; today we learn that the same is true of the industry itself. www.thebookseller.com/news/publish...thebookseller.comPublishers Association report reveals 'disappointing drop' in ethnic minority representation within industryA report by the Publishers Association (PA) has revealed that "ethnic minority" representation fell by 2% in 2024, with a decline in the numbers of Asian and British Asian staff. 035
Reposted by Publishing at StirlingAvert Your Eyes, Pamela Ganache! @pressfuturist.bsky.social · 05/12/2024Penguin's Vintage imprint to launch new deluxe hardback classics that aren't entirely dissimilar to Penguin's Clothbound Classics series. www.thebookseller.com/news/vintage...thebookseller.comVintage to launch 18 new Collector's Classics in 2025 with marbled endpapers and sprayed edgesTen new Vintage Collector’s Classics novels will be published on 20th March next year. 062
Reposted by Publishing at Stirlingkayla dougan @kaylamdougan.bsky.social · 30/11/2024And for St. Andrew’s day, an excerpt of a short story I’ve been finishing up this weekend. Apologies to all the non-Scots speakers. 🏴 022
Reposted by Publishing at StirlingCLPE @theclpe.bsky.social · 29/11/2024 🔊 Our 7th annual #ReflectingRealities report is out now! This year’s report shows a significant drop in the presence of racially minoritised characters in books published for children in 2023 in the UK. 37166
Reposted by Publishing at StirlingAvert Your Eyes, Pamela Ganache! @pressfuturist.bsky.social · 25/11/2024This isn't a publisher, it's a self-publishing services provider charging authors for those services while delegating the actual work to AI. (I'm delighted to see that @matildabattersby.bsky.social interrogates a lot of the claims made by the company here.) www.thebookseller.com/news/new-pub...thebookseller.comNew publisher Spines aims to 'disrupt' industry by using AI to publish 8,000 books in 2025 aloneA new publisher has claimed it aims to “disrupt” the books industry by publishing 8,000 books in 2025 alone using artificial intelligence. 3207
Reposted by Publishing at StirlingAvert Your Eyes, Pamela Ganache! @pressfuturist.bsky.social · 25/11/2024This piece in @the-bookseller.bsky.social by Melina Spanoudi touches on quite a few of the topics I discussed with our @stirlingpublishing.bsky.social in our sessions on academic publishing last week. www.thebookseller.com/features/tra...thebookseller.comTranslation rights sales on the rise for university presses, despite roadblocksRed tape and censorship pose difficulties, but British uni presses are expanding their international reach. 031
Reposted by Publishing at StirlingAvert Your Eyes, Pamela Ganache! @pressfuturist.bsky.social · 22/11/2024Definitely likely to be of interest to our @stirlingpublishing.bsky.social students: a day in the life of Bloomsbury Academic cover designer Gita Kowlessur. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/discover/...bloomsbury.comDay in the life of a cover designerJunior Designer Gita Kowlessur walks us through a typical day working at Bloomsbury Academic and designing book covers. 013
Reposted by Publishing at StirlingAvert Your Eyes, Pamela Ganache! @pressfuturist.bsky.social · 23/11/2024Why is Japanese fiction having a moment? (One of our @stirlingpublishing.bsky.social students wrote a very good dissertation on this very same topic this year.) www.theguardian.com/books/2024/n...theguardian.comSurrealism, cafes and lots (and lots) of cats: why Japanese fiction is boomingFrom tales of alienation to comforting novels set in bookshops, Japanese authors have written nearly half of this year’s bestselling translated novels in the UK. What’s their secret? 1114
Reposted by Publishing at StirlingAvert Your Eyes, Pamela Ganache! @pressfuturist.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Spotify's entry into the audiobook market last year - and particularly its offering of 15 hours of 'free' audiobooks monthly - is slowly having wider repercussions: Amazon/Audible has waited, watched, and is now essentially mimicking Spotify's approach. www.thebookseller.com/news/amazon-...thebookseller.comAmazon Music Unlimited to offer monthly access to Audible’s catalogue of 800k audiobooksAmazon Music Unlimited customers in the UK, US and Canada can now listen to one audiobook a month from sister company Audible’s library, in a move that seems designed to ward off competition from Spot... 123
Reposted by Publishing at StirlingHannah @palindrometodd.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Hi! My name is Hannah & I'm a literary agent for commercial fiction. It's Working In Publishing week and my top advice is to think outside the box & to hold the friends you make close! The people of publishing (editors, agents, authors) are the best bit... Even more so than the books! 5314
Reposted by Publishing at StirlingCanongate @canongate.co.uk · 18/11/2024Also, if you're looking for an entry-level Editorial role in publishing, based in Edinburgh, then boy do we have just the entry-level Editorial role in publishing based in Edinburgh for you! Deadline 28 November, details including salary here: canongate.co.uk/about/jobs/canongate.co.ukJobs at CanongateCurrent vacancies at Canongate – the award-winning independent book publisher based in Edinburgh and London. 14237
Reposted by Publishing at StirlingCanongate @canongate.co.uk · 19/11/2024This weekend! The absolutely wonderful Edinburgh Radical Book Fair, truly a highlight of the book calendar now. Drop by any time to take it in and browse, or go for one of the great events. Featuring @salenagodden.bsky.social, @alycia.bsky.social and more. lighthousebookshop.com/events/radic... 23616
Reposted by Publishing at StirlingAvert Your Eyes, Pamela Ganache! @pressfuturist.bsky.social · 19/11/2024It’s very much work in progress, but here’s a starter pack of people in publishing for our students at @stirlingpublishing.bsky.social. go.bsky.app/UkunZMo 73812
Reposted by Publishing at StirlingThe Publishing Post @thepublishingpost.bsky.social · 18/11/2024📰✨ Discover publications that amplify disabled voices, share unique perspectives and help foster a community📚 www.thepublishingpost.com/post/spotlig...thepublishingpost.comSpotlight on Disability-Focused Magazines and JournalsBy Caroline Dowse, Ana Cecilia Matute and Zalak ShahDiscovering the world after being diagnosed with, or growing up with, a disability can be a difficult experience, filled with doubts and confusion, ... 023